August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson and Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun seek to dramatize the various issues that two African-American families face. Although the dramas take place in two distinct time periods, there exists a comparative and contrastive view of the various issues that arise in these two dramas. The struggle to rise from economic adversity is present in the two protagonists in these dramas, who both have dreams of achieving …showed first 75 words of 1415 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1415 total…families encounter all sorts of issues. Works Cited Adler, Thomas P. “The Political Basis of Lorraine Hansberry’s Art.” American Drama, 1940-1960: A Critical History 1994. Meyer 1793-4. Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun. Meyer 1730-92. Meyer, Michael, ed. The Bedford Introduction to Literature. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 1999. A Raisin in the Sun. Dir. Daniel Petrie. Perf. Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee. 1959. Videocassette. Columbia Pictures, 1961. Wilson, August. The Piano Lesson. Meyer 1962-2017.